Eighteen child labourers, who were rescued from New Delhi by the officers of Bihar Labour department with the help of Delhi police and and NGO were brought to Patna by a train.
Mukhatarul Haque, State convenor of Bacchpan Bachao Andolan, a Patna based NGO told reporters here that the child labourers reached Patna by Shramjeevi express who were received by deputy labour commissioner Ramchandra Choudhry.
Choudhry later sent the child labourers to their respective villages under escort.
Of the 18 released children, six each belonged to Darbhanga and Sitamarhi, two to Samastipur and one each to Motihari, Purnea, Katihar and Begusarai districts, Haque said adding that they were engaged in the bakery, shoe factory and zari making factories located in different parts of the national capital.
He said a fine of Rs 20,000 would be realised from the owners of these factories and the amount would be deposited in the account of state government's Child labour development fund. The fine money would be spent on the rehabilitation of the released child labourers, Haque said.link
Wednesday 19 August 2009
Huge quantity of explosives seized
One person was arrested with a huge cache of explosives near Kunda village in Bihar's Sheikhpura district, police said today.
Sub-Divisional Police Officer Santosh Kumar Gupta said police during patrolling last night intercepted a vehicle on Sheikhpura-Puraina road near Kunda village, about 3 km from the district headquarters, and held Mohammad Wahid for illegally carrying 76 packets of gelatine sticks and 100 kg of ammonium nitrate.
The license for these items, mainly used for mining purposes and destroying bunkers, is issued by the Defence Ministry, Gupta said, adding that the arrested person was being interrogated.link
Sub-Divisional Police Officer Santosh Kumar Gupta said police during patrolling last night intercepted a vehicle on Sheikhpura-Puraina road near Kunda village, about 3 km from the district headquarters, and held Mohammad Wahid for illegally carrying 76 packets of gelatine sticks and 100 kg of ammonium nitrate.
The license for these items, mainly used for mining purposes and destroying bunkers, is issued by the Defence Ministry, Gupta said, adding that the arrested person was being interrogated.link
Bihar officer found possessing property worth several crore
19 An enforcement officer of Bihar transport department has been found in possession of property worth several crore rupees during raids by the state vigilance authorities.
Sleuths of Bihar Vigilance Investigation Bureau raided the house of Kapil Muni Rai and seized Rs 22.30 lakh in cash, jewellery worth Rs 16 lakh and three luxury cars, ADG (vigilance) Anil Sinha told.
Sinha said raids, which lasted till late last night, were conducted simultaneously at various premises owned by Rai in Purnia, Ara and Patna .
Rai owns a palatial house and flat at posh A G Colony in Patna apart from having a large house and a three-storey commercial complex at Jagdev Nagar in Ara (Bhojpur), Sinha said.
Documents related to investment in several real estate projects were also seized.
This is the second major operation by the bureau against corrupt public servants within a fortnight. Earlier the bureau officials had disclosed property worth several crore from an official of the state industrial training institute, Sinha said.link
Sleuths of Bihar Vigilance Investigation Bureau raided the house of Kapil Muni Rai and seized Rs 22.30 lakh in cash, jewellery worth Rs 16 lakh and three luxury cars, ADG (vigilance) Anil Sinha told.
Sinha said raids, which lasted till late last night, were conducted simultaneously at various premises owned by Rai in Purnia, Ara and Patna .
Rai owns a palatial house and flat at posh A G Colony in Patna apart from having a large house and a three-storey commercial complex at Jagdev Nagar in Ara (Bhojpur), Sinha said.
Documents related to investment in several real estate projects were also seized.
This is the second major operation by the bureau against corrupt public servants within a fortnight. Earlier the bureau officials had disclosed property worth several crore from an official of the state industrial training institute, Sinha said.link
Tuesday 18 August 2009
Eight children to compete for Bal Shree awards
Eight Bihari children would represent the state at regional-level competition, to be held later this year in Kolkata, for selection of children for the national-level competition for the prestigious Bal Shree awards.
Those qualifying from Bihar are: Satish Kumar (Patna) and Rishi Raj (Munger) under the painting category, Subhi (Patna) and Aakansha (Darbhanga) under performing art category, Sarika Soumya (Muzaffarpur) and Divya Bhardwaj (Katihar) under creative writing category and Animan Thakur (Patna) and Raj Babu Kumar (Gopalganj) under the science category.
Selection of these children was made through a state-level competition held in July in which 69 participants from all the nine divisions of Bihar took part.
They will now compete for the prestigious `Bal Shree' awards for the first time after the state set up its Bal Bhawan christened `Kilkari' last year. Instituted by the National Bal Bhawan in 1995, the award, meant for children in the age group of 9 to 16 years, aims at identification and promotion of creativity among children in art, science, writing and performing art.
Kilkari director Jyoti Parihar said that the selected eight children would be felicitated by the state government on November 14. She said that a three-day training programme was also organized for the selected children in which experts from different fields imparted specialized training to them. link
Those qualifying from Bihar are: Satish Kumar (Patna) and Rishi Raj (Munger) under the painting category, Subhi (Patna) and Aakansha (Darbhanga) under performing art category, Sarika Soumya (Muzaffarpur) and Divya Bhardwaj (Katihar) under creative writing category and Animan Thakur (Patna) and Raj Babu Kumar (Gopalganj) under the science category.
Selection of these children was made through a state-level competition held in July in which 69 participants from all the nine divisions of Bihar took part.
They will now compete for the prestigious `Bal Shree' awards for the first time after the state set up its Bal Bhawan christened `Kilkari' last year. Instituted by the National Bal Bhawan in 1995, the award, meant for children in the age group of 9 to 16 years, aims at identification and promotion of creativity among children in art, science, writing and performing art.
Kilkari director Jyoti Parihar said that the selected eight children would be felicitated by the state government on November 14. She said that a three-day training programme was also organized for the selected children in which experts from different fields imparted specialized training to them. link
Students set train on fire in Bihar
Angry students on Tuesday clashed with personnel of the Railway Protection Force (RPF) and vandalised two trains at the Bihta railway station in Bihar, following a row over tickets.
Reports said the students vandalised Shramjeevi and Sanghamitra Express and also set on fire four coaches of the former. They also pelted stones on RPF personnel.
The clashes began amidst a scuffle between RPF personnel and students over tickets. Reports said the RPF personnel boarded the Shramjeevi Express at the Bihta station and asked the students travelling on the train to show tickets.
However, a row broke out between the two groups leading to clashes following which the RPF fired in the air and resorted to lathicharge to disperse the angry students.
When the reports last came in, the situation was tense in the area. link
Reports said the students vandalised Shramjeevi and Sanghamitra Express and also set on fire four coaches of the former. They also pelted stones on RPF personnel.
The clashes began amidst a scuffle between RPF personnel and students over tickets. Reports said the RPF personnel boarded the Shramjeevi Express at the Bihta station and asked the students travelling on the train to show tickets.
However, a row broke out between the two groups leading to clashes following which the RPF fired in the air and resorted to lathicharge to disperse the angry students.
When the reports last came in, the situation was tense in the area. link
Monday 17 August 2009
First swine flu case confirmed in Bihar
Bihar has reported its first swine flu case with a senior Indian Administrative Service (IAS) official testing positive for the viral disease, officials said here Tuesday.
The official, whose identity was not disclosed by the state government, is currently undergoing treatment at a private nursing home here.
“His condition is stable and he is showing signs of recovery after being administered the swine flu antidote Tamiflu,” an official of the state health department said.
His samples were sent to the New Delhi based National Institute of Communicable Diseases(NICD).
Health department sources said the official could have been infected in London from where he returned last week.
The influenza A (H1N1) virus has infected more than 1,900 patients in the country and killed 25.Former Bihar minister Sheonandan Jha dies
Veteran socialist leader and former Science and Techonolgy Minister of Bihar Sheonandan Jha passed away today.
He was 90.
Jha breathed his last this morning at his Jhaja residence.
He had represented Jhaja assembly constituency for five terms. He was elected to the state assembly for the first time in 1967.
Chief Minister Nitish Kumar condoled the death of Jha saying it was a personal loss.
In a condolence message issued from New Delhi, Kumar said Jha would be cremated with full state honours at Jhaja this evening.
Kumar had gone to Delhi to attend chief ministers' conference convened by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.link
He was 90.
Jha breathed his last this morning at his Jhaja residence.
He had represented Jhaja assembly constituency for five terms. He was elected to the state assembly for the first time in 1967.
Chief Minister Nitish Kumar condoled the death of Jha saying it was a personal loss.
In a condolence message issued from New Delhi, Kumar said Jha would be cremated with full state honours at Jhaja this evening.
Kumar had gone to Delhi to attend chief ministers' conference convened by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.link
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